CampingYurts.com is a family business started by myself, Richard Waters and my wife Alicia. 

The inspiration for making camping yurts came out of our love of camping. We used to camp with a tent, but soon got tired of crawling around on hand and knee.  We also need more room for our rapidly growing family.

We considered large modern tents, but wanted something a little more natural, traditional and unique. Both my wife and I are tall so we had to have plenty of headroom!

I had already helped build a yurt in England while attending a Traditional Crafts Workshop years before and so we set about to make our own.

Yurts are already very popular here in Oregon with many of the State Parks having permanent yurts set up for year round accommodation. Many campers in Oregon are very familiar with Yurts, but not with portable camping yurts.

Our camping yurt created quite a stir at the campgrounds other campers were intrigued by the portability of our design and many wanted to have a look inside. It was out of this interest that CampingYurts.com was born.

Much has changed since I built the original yurt and many improvements and design features have been included into the yurts and kits we now sell.  The roof wheel has seen the most improvement.  Being integral to the yurt's structure and strength, many hours have gone into developing and improving it.